South African Court Sentences 'Brutal' Murderers in Coligny Trial

Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte have been sentenced to 18 and 23 years in prison respectively for the murder of Matlhomola Moshoeu who died on April 20, 2017, after he was thrown from a moving vehicle. The pair claimed the sixteen-year-old jumped from the vehicle while on their way to a police station with him after they allegedly caught him stealing sunflower heads at a farm.

Coligny, North West, South Africa (file photo).

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